The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-07-09

Mr.. Arthur L. Bosey gave beautiful dis
play of fire. works from his fathers residence just
west of the town, on the night of the Fourth, and
there were also displays from number of the
country residences around the town, which, on ac-
count of our high location, were plainly seen and
much enjoyed by the people here. In many res
poets it was q real old-fashioned Fourth.
IF the ordinary camp meeting brings much
rain, what may we expect when the temperance
folks hold their meeting in the 4th district I'm
less the interchangeable Daniel has special agree
ment with old Jupiter Pluvius we may look for
an exceedingly damp time about the 2Sth Of the
present month. Nothing short of an India rubber
tent will be of any use at that camp.
There was trot at Herring Run few
days ago between the Baltimore mares "Lah- da-
Dab" and "Maggie K" each one getting two
heats, after which the race broke up in row.
The time was not officially announced, but the
best heat was trotted in 2:26. These two, with
"Lizzie r. ;" are the fastest track animals in Bal
tmore and are very closely matched. At the
county fairs they manage to get in the thirty
class and as they can go q good many seconds
faster they have no trouble in carrying off the
purses.
Some of the gentlemen who travel regular
ly on the Maryland Central road are after one of
the engineers with sharp stick, or something
worse. The burden of their complaint is that
this particular engine driver derives much pleas
ure from pulling his train around certain ugly
curves at very high rate of speed, to the great
alarm Of the passengers, some of whom even
threaten him with "neck- tie party" unless he
does better. Some of the high trestes the
road would be splendid places to suspend en-
gineers from.
jackson Fully Identif1ed.-Jim Jackson,
the colored brute arrested the charge of at
tempted felonious assault on the person of Viola
Jackson, aged nine years, daughter of George X.
Jackson, living near Pimlico, had hearing be-
fore Justice Pole Friday afternoon of last week.
The prisoner was taken down to Boundary avenue
by Sheriff Miller, accompanied by Deputy Risteau.
When placed the stand he denied very posi-
lively that he was the man, although Viola and
herslittie brother who was with her at the time;
fully identified him, and there seems no doubt
bout his being the right man: Justice Pole, who
sent the prisoner back to Jail to await the action
of the Grand Jury, said
jackson, after hearing the evidence in the case,
there is not the slightest doubt in my mind that
you are the man. The artless manner In which
the little girl tells her story marks it with the I'M
press of truth. She positively identifies you as
the man who assaulted her, and tells a connected
story of the affair. Fortunately you did not ac-
complish your purpose, but the motive remains
the same. Affairs of this kind are becoming too
frequent, and it becomes my duty to place you in
the custody of the Sheriff of Baltimore county, to
be confined in the Jail at Towsontown to await the
action of the Grand Jury. The law in these cases
must be rigidly enforced, or our wives and daugh-
tiers cannot walk abroad"
The Baltimore papers have been actively en-
gagei in trying to get up sensation about at
tempts to lynch Jackson and to read their frequent
and highly -coored illusions to the case one I'M
familiar with the facts would suppose that the
people Of Towsontown had not slept night since
the worthless scoundrel has been in Jail here.
Now the plain facts that there has been no
excitement whatever in Towsontown over the
matter, and the stories the city papers have been
getting off have been made out of the whole cloth
i'm fact most of them have been lies. On Tues
day night five or six intoxicated men came here
from the Sd district with the avowed intention OF
lynching Jackson, but their absurd antics and
monkey business only made fun for the loungers
and the Jail officers simply laughed at them, pay
ing no more attention to their visit than If they
had been lot of tramps who came to demand
sleeping quarters for the night. The simple truth
is that no attempt has been made to lynch jack
son. and it is not believed here that there will be.